the as are play-off bound. how this improbable team made it so far. >> roger. got an unusual one for you. >> not exactly what you want to hear 30,000 feet up in the sky. the latest problem adding to american airline's woes. >> very mild around much of the bay area. now get ready for another hot day. we'll talk about that coming up. >> and so far, so good this morning if you're heading across the bay bridge. we'll have much more on your tuesday morning commute coming up. good morning, it's tuesday, october 2. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. it's 5:00 and a little celebrating. you can probably still hear it over in oakland. but there's going to be a little post-season baseball upon both sides of the bay. >> the as beat the rangers. cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington is at the coliseum in oakland right now where the as are still looking to win their division. elissa, pretty exciting. >> reporter: it is exciting and hopefully they didn't celebrate

with too much champagne last night because they have another game today against the rangers if they want to win their division but the as have clinched a spot in the play- offs for the first time in six years, a big win over the texas rangers last night. the score was 4-3 and if you missed that strikeout in the 9th inning, here it is. >> he struck him out! and the oakland athletics -- >> reporter: this was the as fourth straight win in six of seven. more than 2 1,000 fans saw the six-year dry spell finally end. this is really a story about the underdogs coming up ahead. in the clubhouse, corks were flying, champagne flowing. this is a big deal because nobody expected it this year. the team is young. there are 15 rookies on the roster. and many of them actually played key roles in last

night's win like pitcher jarrod parker who held the rangers to three runs and six hits. the as took the lead in the 1st inning. the teams were then tied by the 4th. then coco crisp gave the as the lead the rangers couldn't catch. the athletics are headed to the post-season for the first time since 2006 taking one of the american league's two wild card play-off spots. >> when you look at the team when i was in spring training nobody gave it a chance. at least the people from the outside didn't give it a chance. what did you think? >> i think it was a mistake. we cannot a few articles and so we're going to lose 1030 games. none of us believed that. billy didn't believe at that time all. >> reporter: the as still have some work to do if they want to win their division but those hopes are alive. they need to sweep the rangers and they have a game tonight at 7:05. so very exciting for as fans, who have been waiting a long time for this, first time in six years heading to the play-

offs so a lot of good energy. in oakland, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >> thank you. we have more coverage of the as on cbssf.com. we posted dennis o'donnell' interview with the team and a photo gallery of the game you don't want to miss. >> i think dennis had to throw his suit away, got a little champagne on it last night. breaking news out of vallejo. a major fire burning right now. let's get right to elizabeth in the traffic center for the very latest. >> we have just heard that it is likely three alarms now. this is a residential neighborhood so we made this map to show you the location on surface streets there between 87 and interstate 80. so once again, three-alarm fire. the address is 106 el camino real. pretty close to vallejo senior high school. that el camino real is a major street to take you towards the high school. use nebraska as an alternate. we'll have live pictures shortly. we have a crew on the way to the scene right now. streets are likely blocked off in the area. we'll have much more traffic coming up. in the meantime, it was

actually beach weather yesterday, lawrence hit the beach, it was gorgeous outside. hoping for a repeat. >> oh, it was just beautiful all the way to the coast. today a couple of degrees cooler. we are starting out very mild out the door. san francisco is 68 degrees right now. that's hard to believe. 63 degrees in livermore. 62 in san jose. as we head toward the afternoon, again, it is going to be hot in spots about 97 degrees in morgan hill. 93 san jose, east bay temperatures again pushing triple digits in some areas, maybe a couple of degrees cooler but not by much. 100 degrees in antioch. livermore 100. 89 in oakland, 92 degrees hayward, more on your weather coming up plus a major cooldown heading our way. more on that in a few minutes. new this morning, police in oakland are looking into a pair of deadly shootings overnight. both happened last night on

macarthur boulevard. it first happened on the 9000 block just before 9:00. a man was shot several times there. he died at the scene. the other was about an hour and a half later on the 2000 block same street macarthur boulevard. that mac also died at the scene. so far there are no suspects in either of those shootings. later this morning, the superintendent of a school district in albany will address the death of a teacher. james izumizaki was a 6th grade teacher at albany middle school. he was recently charged with lewd acts with a former student. he was arrested last wednesday and was out on bail when he was found dead in his car. the alameda county sheriff's office is now investigating the death as a suicide. today a san francisco man accused of kidnapping a girl in san mateo will be in court to enter a plea. bradley mrozek is accused of groping a 9-year-old girl at parkside elementary school and taking her off campus last month. police are still investigating this and again he will be in

court. 5:05 now. about 40 passengers on a train were seriously injured none seriously, the amtrak train was headed from oakland down to bakersfield. police say the driver did not yield at the crossing gates, slammed right into the train pushing at least one car off the tracks. >> how did you not see that the train was crossing the arms were down? i don't know if there's any indication of any use of alcohol or drugs. >> tracks could be cleared by about 7 a.m. until then a bus bridge is now taking passengers around that accident area. a local city leader says he wouldn't be intimidated. vallejo mayor osby davis's private law firm was purposely torched over the weekend gutting the building. davis says he has had numerous windows broken out in the past by rocks. he believes someone is trying to intimidate him. he says it's not working. >> i believe the last criminal act is part of an escalating

attempt to intimidate me. let me make it very, very clear: it has failed. >> the mayor and his family are not getting extra police protection despite the targeted attacks. more testimony is planned today in the trial of murder suspect giselle esteban accused of killing nursing student michelle le in hayward last year. in opening statements yesterday, prosecutors blamed a jealous rage for prompting esteban to kill her former friend. the defense contends the killing was not premeditated but done in the heat of passion. the body of one of two missing fishermen washed ashore on the san mateo county coast. he was aboard an 18-foot fishing boat when it capsized on sunday off pidgeon point. a second man is still missing. neither were wearing life jackets. two other men on board were wearing life jackets and made it safely to shore. richmond city council has a couple of resolutions about chevron on its agenda tonight. the council expected to approve

a resolution all aimed at making sure the oil company uses the highest standards and best technology when it repairs the refinery, that burned two months ago. the council is also expected to urge chevron to invest in research and office space in richmond's marina bay district. an east bay fire district now has job openings for firefighters. the federal grant of nearly 8 million bucksenabling the east contra costa district to rehire laid off firefighters and add more. they plan to restore 15 firefighters and hire 12 more in addition to. the fire chief is searching for qualified applicants and three fire stations that were closed over the summer will now reopen. final preparations are under way for the big showdown, the first debate between president obama and republican challenger mitt romney. the candidates will spend today getting ready for tomorrow's event in colorado. the president held no rallies yesterday but he did visit a

campaign office in henderson, nevada. it's not far from where he and his staff have been strategizing. romney spoke to a crowd of supporters at an air and space museum in denver. >> this president is taking us on a path that's not working. he is making us more and more like europe. i don't want to be like europe. europe doesn't work in europe. >> at the university of denver crews are putting on the final touches, transforming the arena into a debate set. yesterday just 92 of the university's students learned their names were drawn in a lottery for tickets to the debate. it's a hot ticket. your ticket to the debate is right here on cbs 5. that's beginning tomorrow evening at 6:00. nearly all americans will see higher taxes if congress fails to renew tax cuts. that's all according to a new report from the tax policy center. the two major parties are split on exactly who should continue to have the reduced taxes. if a plan is not passed by the end of the year, the existing tax cuts will come to an end.

as an example, a family earning $40,000 to $64,000 a year could see taxes go up as much as $2,000 by 2013. american airlines has engineers in new york checking the seats of 8 boeing 757 jets. the inspections came after two incidents where rows of seats came loose from airplanes' floors. it happened yesterday on a flight from new york to miami and on saturday on a boston-to- miami flight that made an emergency landing in new york because of pilot concerns. >> we don't know what kind of turbulence we have. the seat is loose. we don't want that thing flying around and hurting the passengers behind them. >> both planes recently had maintenance work that involved removing the seats. the work was done at separate facilities and american says the problem could be the way the seats fit in the tracks on the floor. the airline and the faa are still investigating. so we want to know, does the loose seat problem make you afraid to fly? comment on facebook or twitter

or email us at mornings@cbs5.com to let us know. >> might be a little disturbing. >> i think so. cause a little fear. 5:11. another problem popping up on those new iphones. the glitch that could drive up your cell bill. we'll tell you. >> plus, the widespread peanut butter recall grows. which stores and brands are now affected. >> and something very different about the ikea catalog in saudi arabia. why the furniture giant is now being criticized, when we come back. ,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,

victoria harbor last night.e than 300- thousa the show, on look at that. thousands of fireworks lit the sky on fire own hong kong's victoria harbor last night. more than 300,000 people gathered for the show on china's national day. the holiday marks the anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china. love fireworks. >> i'm a big fireworks fan, too. we have a little situation right now. some traffic up in vallejo because of i guess a three- alarm fire, is that right? >> yes, it has grown to three alarms. now they are getting mutual aid from other fire departments. it sounds pretty bad. it's in a residential neighborhood. there is a little confusion over the exact address, either the 100 or 200 block of el camino real. some of the close to the high

school. avoid it. you can use nebraska heading towards the high school. this is a little early at 5:15. and again, three-alarm fire right now. we are sending a crew to the scene so they should be there very shortly. in the meantime, if you are continuing down the eastshore freeway, westbound 80, not a bad ride on the road so far this morning. good through ashby as you make your way towards berkeley. and into the san francisco area, once again we have been talking about this for a while now for at least much of this week started last week, oracle open world they have those street closures on howard between 3rd and 4th causing bad traffic tie-ups south of market. it is no longer a "spare the air" day even though it's going to be hot again. we'll talk to lawrence in a minute. but yeah, no "spare the air" but you can always use mass transit. so far there's no delay. we'll go outside show you some live traffic cameras. here's a live look at the south 101, near mckee in san jose and a few more cars hitting the roads at 5:15. taillights are moving southbound. northbound traffic looks good this morning heading towards

santa clara. we'll get a quick look at the san mateo bridge now where westbound 92 taillights that's the commute direction. so far looks great out towards the high-rise. 14 minutes out of hayward towards the other side. that's a check of your time- saver traffic. here's lawrence. >> you were loving it yesterday a lot of folks loving to see the heat for a while now. looks like this will be it and things will be changing. we're mild outside now, skies mostly clear. these temperatures running in the 50s and the 60s right now. so a very clear and mild start to the day. this afternoon, returning to triple digital inland especially in the east bay and gradual cooling toward tomorrow and some temperatures below average. strong ridge overhead and weak offshore wind, clear skies into sfo today no travel delays there expected at all into the afternoon.

looking good, as well. across the country 81 degrees. partly cloudy skies into houston, clear in denver. 68 degrees the possibility of a few showers in chicago. and could see some afternoon rain into new york that could cause problems there. around the bay, 97 in morgan hill, 75 degrees in half moon bay. east bay temperatures up in the triple digits into livermore about 102 in brentwood, 100 in fairfield and about 96 degrees in the napa valley. 85 in alameda. temperatures go down tomorrow. likely going to see a finger of fog returning to the san mateo county coastline ushering in cooler temperatures for thursday and friday. the weekend looks like more clouds coming our way. temperatures could be headed below average as we end the weekend. that's a look at weather. back to you. >> thank you. jpmorgan chase is now being sued over dealings made by bear

stearns. the investment bank was acquired in 2008. new york's attorney general filed the suit and claims bear stearns misled investors about mortgage-backed securities. jpmorgan chase says it will fight the suit and noted that the alleged actions took place before it bought bear stearns. american express is paying $112 million in refunds and fines to settle accusations that it duped its customers. federal regulators say the credit card company charged unlawful late fees and deceived cardholders into paying off old debts or buying extra card services. amex will refund some $85 million to about 250,000 of et cetera customers. some verizon customers notice that it was using cell data even when connected to wi- fi putting them over limits. apple released an update to fix it and verizon won't charge for

any resulting overages. peanut butter is being pulled due to concern about salmonella contamination. the retailers are recalling store brand peanut butter including some big ones, safeway, target, whole foods, fresh and easy. the cdc says 30 people in 19 states have gotten sick including two in california. you can see the full list of the recalled products on cbssf.com. click on "links and numbers" to check it out. ikea says it regrets its recent decision to remove women images from the catalog. they were digitally removed from pictures in catalogs distributed in saudi arabia. the scene of a family in the bathroom shows no mother on one of the pages. the idea was to show respect to muslims. but now ikea says it regrets it. 5:19. they clinched it. coming up a wrap of the as big

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another gay of hot temperatures around the bay area. -- another day of hot temperatures around the bay area. triple digits inland and 70s at the coast. >> and so far things are look great on our roadways. three bridges all problem-free. we have a three-alarm fire breaking news out of vallejo blocking streets. we'll have the latest coming up. your "timesaver traffic" just a few minutes away. >> thank you. both beloved and despised depending on your threshold for cold, windy weather. no matter your opinion of candlestick park it's not going to be around much longer. after decades of hosting legendary 9er and giants teams, it will be demolished by 2015. developers plan to build homes, retail and soccer fields on the space. fans, though, have other ideas. >> turn it into a park. a national park. >> i think we ought to use candlestick park for a homeless shelter. >> exactly how it will be demolished is still unclear.

the giants moved away in 2000. the 9ers will move to santa clara in 2014. >> but this morning, it's all about your oakland as. there will be some play-off baseball in oakland this year. the athletics clinched a post- season bid last night when they beat the rangers. the final out right there, what a season. they beat them 4-3. it's the first time in six years the as have made the play-offs. they still have a chance to win the western division, too. they have a little work to do. with the win, the as are one game behind texas for the a.l. west league. the as can win the division if they win their last two games against the ranger, tonight and tomorrow. if they win both they're n oakland is also tied for the top wild card spot with baltimore. they are in l.a. hoping to keep the dodgers out of the post-season but l.a. herrera drove in the winning run. bottom of the 9th inning, a little drama at dodger stadium giving l.a. a 3-2 victory keeping their

slim wild card hopes alive going up against the cardinals. they need to win their last three. play of the day, football cowboys cleburne deflecting a pass from jay cutler from the monday night game but the bears davis will keep the concentration. he has it. nice catch. that baby is nowhere to be found and is he going down in he catches it. by the way, the bears won 34- 18. if romo was your fantasy quarterback, you had a most difficult night. that would be my coanchor here. >> in my fantasy football league i have lost three weeks in a row. thanks, romo. 5:25. seats coming loose on two different flights. what one airline is doing to keep passengers safe. >> i always thought they were roaming free. that's why i chose to buy them. >> you're going to pay a premium for this brand of eggs. a new lawsuit that claims shoppers are being duped. >> reporter: a big win for the

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>> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald he struck him out! >> welcome to the post-season party! the underdog as beat the odds and clinch a spot in the play- offs. >> very mild now, temperatures getting very hot around the bay area this afternoon. how long will it last? we'll talk about that coming up. >> and traffic getting a bit heavier now that we're coming up on 5:30. over across the golden gate bridge heading into san francisco, coming up a check of your other bay area bridges.

>> good morning, everyone. it's tuesday, october 2. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now is 5:30. we're following breaking news right now in vallejo. firefighters are battling a large house fire in vallejo. we have an unconfirmed report that two people escaped from the home. the fire happened on the 200 block of el camino real near vallejo senior high school just about 30 minutes ago, the solano county fire department requested air support from cordelia. we have a reporter heading to the scene right now. in the meantime, the oakland as are going to the play-offs. they clinched that spot last night with a big win a one run win over the rangers. cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington at the oakland coliseum where the team still has hopes of winning the division. sounds quiet there but it was rocking last night. >> reporter: it was. nothing like a win at home in front of thousands of screaming fans of. here's how it all ended.

>> he struck him out! and the oakland athletics -- >> reporter: more than 21,000 fans joined in on the celebration. it was wild. last night's win against the first place texas rangers, it was the 4-3 win, clinched the as one of the wild card spots in the play-offs. later on in the clubhouse corks were popping, champagne was flowing and as manager bob melvin got hit in the face with a pie. the as have also kept their division title hopes alive in the america league west cutting the rangers' lead to one game. the team has very young players, some in their early 20s, 15 rookies. they seemingly have been living in the shadow of of the giants for the past few years. both bay area teams are going into the post-season. last night rookie pitcher jarrod parker held the rangers to three runs and six hits and coco crisp had a go-ahead tunnel that gave the team a

lead the rangers could not catch. >> the teams before were probably built differently than this team is. we had our rookie hazing day, 18 rookies. they will be back out again tomorrow. it's a night game tomorrow and they will be ready to play. >> reporter: and more excitement ahead tonight. the as face off against the rangers again at 7:05. and they need to win these next two games to take that division crown. it's something we never expected at the beginning of the season. it's a great story about the underdogs coming up on top. in oakland, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >> hopefully a lot of folks were check it out tonight. we have more coverage of the as on cbssf.com. we posted dennis o'donnell's champagne interviews with the team and photo gallery of the games. so if you would like more, go check it out and tickets available. go tonight and if they win tonight that matinee game 12:45

at the come seem on thursday will be huge. >> and all the -- >> wednesday. >> and all the fans will be happy with the weather. >> i was thinking we're going to traffic. >> i set him. >> whiffed that. folks, around the bay area today, we are starting out with clear skies. it is very mild to begin the morning. the temperatures boy, it is something else this morning. out the door into the 60s in san francisco. check it out. 65 degrees right now. 62 in san jose. 63 at livermore. leave the jacket at home. we have a great day coming our way. lots of sunshine and these temperatures running well above the average by the afternoon as much as 19 degrees above the average in livermore at 100 degrees. 98 in concord and about 86 degrees in san francisco. enjoy it. changes are coming. we'll talk more about that. right now, let's check on traffic with elizabeth. >> thanks, lawrence. i promised you a check of other

bay area bridges so here you go. here's a live look at the san mateo bridge and so far in the commute direction of westbound 92, all those taillights so far looks great. 14 minutes is the drive time from hayward out towards foster city. bay area roads problem-free. hotspot free since we have been on the air for the last hour or so. northbound 880, 15 minutes or so, 15, 16 minutes between 238 and the maze. a three-alarm structure fire is now out. we have just confirmed that with emergency officials but a firefighter was hurt. we're not sure how badly. 200 block of el camino real is on city streets in the area. pretty close to vallejo senior high school. we have a crew almost on scene now so we'll bring you a live report shortly. in the meantime, it is no long he a "spare the air" day. obviously mass transit always a good option. and so far everything is on

time for bart, ace, muni, caltrain and your ferries. that's a check of your "timesaver traffic." back to you guys. >> thank you. this morning, oakland police are investigating two deadly shootings, both last night on macarthur boulevard. the first happened on the 9000 block just before 9:00. a man was shot several times. the other deadly shooting was an hour and a half later on the 2000 block of macarthur. so far no suspects in either case. in about three hours, the superintendent of a school district in albany will address the death of a teacher. james izumizaki was a sixth grade teacher at albany middle school recently charged with lewd acts with a former student. he was arrested last wednesday and was out on bail. a family member found him dead in his car. the alameda county sheriff's office is now investigating the death as a suicide. 5:35 now. today a san francisco man is expected to enter a plea in an alleged kidnapping case. bradley mrozek is accused of groping a 9-year-old girl at parkside elementary school in

san mateo and then taking her off campus last month. police say the girl got away by kicking the suspect and runningback into the school. other bay area headlines the body of one of the two missing fishermen washed ashore the san mateo county coast. the 18-foot fishing vessel capsized sunday. the second man is missing. neither were wearing life jackets. two other men were wearing life jackets and made it to shore safely. san rafael will consider strengthening its smoking ordinance at tonight's meeting. a proposal would ban smoking in duplexes and multi-family residential units including their indoor and outdoor common areas. there would be an allowance for a designated smoking area meeting certain criteria. they would have a year to comply with the ordinance if it passes. chevron is on the agenda when the richmond city council

meets expected to approve a resolution aimed at making sure the oil company uses the highest standards and best technology when it repairs the refinery, that burned two months ago. the council is also expected to urge chevron to invest in research and office space in richmond's marina bay district. an east bay fire district is hiring, a federal grant of nearly $8 million allowing the east contra costa fire district to rehire laid-off firefighters and add even more. the district plans to fill 15 firefighting positions that it eliminated over the summer and hire 12 more. the fire chief is searching for qualified applicants and three fire stations that had to close will reopen. more than 20 people were hurt in two separate train crashes in the san joaquin valley. in the latest crash a big rig slammed into a freight train near hanford. the truck driver suffered minor injured. several hours away there was a crash with a big rig that hit

an amtrak train. 40 passengers on the train were hurt none seriously. amtrak train was headed from oakland to bakersfield. police say the driver did not stop at the crossing gate and hit the train. >> how did you not see that the train was crossing, the arms were down? i don't know if there was any indication of any use of alcohol or drugs. >> the tracks could be cleared by about 7:00 this morning. until then, a bus bridge is taking passengers around that accident area. police in hong kong say 6 crewmembers from two boats are being detained after a collision that killed 37 people. a ferry collided last night with a boat taking utility company workers and their families to victoria harbor for a fireworks show. more than 100 people were sent to hospitals. the accident happened last night off the southwestern coast of hong kong. new video has surfaced showing missing american journalist austin tice surrounded by anonymous

captors. but the brief clip shed little light on his whereabouts or condition. the freelance writer has been missing since august. no group has claimed responsibility so far. but u.s. state department spokesman told reporters yesterday tice is believe to be in the custody of syrian government. north korea's foreign minister says america's policies towards his country could lead to nuclear war. he contends the u.s. has secret plans for another korean war. his speech to the united nations was focused mostly on his country's hostile relationship with the u.s. the u.s. state department has not responded to the speech. 5:39. to politics, tomorrow is the big day the first debate between president obama and republican presidential candidate mitt romney. candidates will spend the day getting ready for the event in colorado. the president holding no rallies yesterday but he did visit a campaign office in henderson, nevada, delivered pizzas there, by the way, not far from where he and his staff

have been strategizing. romney spoke to supporters in denver. >> this president is taking us on a path that's not working. he is making us more and more like europe. i don't want to be like europe. europe doesn't work in europe. >> at the university of denver crews are putting the final touches on the arena making it into a debate set. yesterday 92 university students learned their names were drawn from a lottery for tickets to the big debate tomorrow night. you won't need a ticket. just tune in here and watch the debate on cbs 5 beginning tomorrow night at 6:00. all eyes, an hour and a half, should be good. 5:40. another apple apology. the new iphone glitch driving up customer bills. >> plus, airline seats come unbolted in midair. hear how pilots were able to deal with this emergency. ,,

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sells methanol for auto racing. the fire and fumes forced evacuations. there are no reports of injuries. so that's good. american airlines has engineers in new york checking the seats of eight boeing 757 jets. >> the inspections come after two incidents where rows of seats came loose from airplane floors while in flight. it happened yesterday in a flight out of new york down to miami and on saturday, a boston flight to miami made an emergency landing in new york because of pilot concern. >> we don't know what kind of turbulence we have. the seat is loose. we don't want that thing flying around and hurting passengers behind us. >> both planes recently had maintenance work that involved removing the seats. the work has been done at separate facilities. american says the problem could be with the way the seats fit into the tracks on the floor. the airline and faa are investigating. >> yeah, a little scary there , huh? >> absolutely. okay. 5:44. >> weather. beautiful day yesterday. carbon copy day today? >> yeah. it will be really close, maybe a degree or two cooler but it

won't matter. it's going to be hot no matter where you go except along the coast just beautiful out at the beaches today. it is starting out very mild this morning. if you are heading out the door, yeah, you can just about leave the jacket behind. it is already in the mid-60s in some parts of the bay area. a logical cooler in the north -- a little cooler in the north bay but clear all the way to the coastline. this afternoon, here comes the heat, 70s at the coast, 80s and 90s inside the bay, and triple digits, hot again, in some of the valleys. so that ridge of high pressure remaining in place for one more day. so it is going to be on the hot side and then this low is going to start to track toward the coastline the next couple of days. likely going to return to some low clouds and fog as early as tomorrow afternoon along the san mateo county coastline and some cooler weather after that. 100s in the central valley today, 95 in yosemite, 80 in lake tahoe. around the bay beautiful autumn sunshine and hot conditions. 93 in san jose, 97 morgan hill. 78 degrees on the coast in pacific california east bay

temperatures triple digits. san ramon 100. 99 degrees in walnut creek. and 96 degrees in the napa valley. 89 oakland. 86 san francisco. daly city very nice checking in at 75 degrees. next couple of days, dropping 10 degrees by tomorrow afternoon. that fog will be on the increase through thursday and friday. partly cloudy over the weekend temperatures below normal as we look towards sunday and monday. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> we are going to go towards the south bay. we sent our photographer this morning to 101 and mckee. headlights moving northbound. so as you can see, it's definitely getting quite a bit busy out there at 5:46. so slight delays right now heading into san jose out towards santa clara. southbound 101 so far looks good. 280 not too bad. no metering lights on the bay bridge but slight delays in the cash lanes. fastrak users still look great no delay past the pay gates up the incline into san francisco.

to our maps, usually one of our first spots we start to see brake lights westbound 580 your typical ride right now about a 20-minute drive time just kind of stop and go as you make your way from the altamont pass towards the dublin interchange. this is a live look one of our caltrans cameras there near the tassajara exit. also one of our first spots to really slow down antioch, check out one of those speeds, those live drive time sensors, 12 miles per hour. past the bottleneck in antioch, things improve. elsewhere, got an early-morning flight to catch heading down along the peninsula out of san francisco, this is closer towards candlestick, 101, looks great all the way down towards sfo. and it continues to move well into palo alto. coming up, we'll have much more traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. in the meantime back to you guys. >> thank you. breaking news. a border patrol agent has been shot and killed in arizona. that's according to homeland security. one other person has been injured, as well. few details so far. we are going to stay on top of

this story. we'll pass more information when we get it. 5:48. stock futures are high they are morning after mixed results on the first day of trading in the new quarter. ashley morrison of cbsmarketwatch.com joins us. >> reporter: overseas markets were mixed this morning. the nikkei shed a fraction on concerns of company earnings while the hang seng is closed for holiday. dow up 77 yesterday while the nasdaq lost 2. stock futures are higher at this point this morning on that positive manufacturing report that we received yesterday. the tax policy center released a study showing americans of all different incomes could be hit with a tax increase if washington doesn't come up with a budget deal by the end of the year. if existing tax cuts are allowed to automatically expire, the average tax increase would be $3,500 a year, a middle income family making between $40,000 and $64,000 a year would see their

tax bill rise by $2,000. economists warn the tax hikes and automatic spending cuts would put the economy back into recession. amex is paying large fines to settle accusations it defrauded customers. they say the credit card company charged unlawful late fees and deceived cardholders into paying off old debts or buying extra card services. amex will refund $85 million to 250,000 customers. so it will be interesting to see, maybe you will get a check in the mail if you have an amex card. >> we take all checks. >> do you have an iphone 5? >> no. blackberry girl. >> well, in a may be a good thing because they have more problems. -- that may be a good thing because they have more problems. >> reporter: yes. a glitch in its new software is us canning thephobes to con -- causing the phones to consume massive amounts of cell data even connected to wi-fi. yesterday apple posted instructions on its website on

how to fix the problem but you will remember on friday apple was apologizing for its new problem-plagued mapping service so all apple fans are having difficulties. it makes me happy to have my blackberry. >> i just bought one two nights ago so hopefully they will figure it out before i get it. >> ashley morrison, cbsmoneywatch.com, thank you. samsung filed a motion to add the iphone 5 to its patent battle with cupertino-based apple. they say apple's new phone infringes on eight samsung patents. the two companies are battling for a bigger global share of the smartphone market. an animal rights group is suing a petaluma egg producing saying it's using misleading packaging. they say that judy's organic eggs packaging shows cartoons of chickens appearing happy in

an open field. >> if you look around, it speaks for itself. you see a series of sheds with thousands of hens inside them and look at the green fields and you don't see anyone roaming scratching or playing out there. >> the owner of the egg farm said he would not comment until after he has read the lawsuit. a family member though telling cbs 5 by telephone, the company never claimed its hens were free range but they are cage free and have access to open fields. it's 5:51 right now. it's one of the hottest fashion brands in the world. the japanese import expected to draw big crowds in the bay area. >> and typhoon fury. the storm tossing cars and dumpsters like toys. we'll tell you where. >> the first live pictures of a big house fire in vallejo. the fire is out where you there some reports of a firefighter injured. we'll have a live report from cbs 5's cate caugiran coming right up.

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we continue to follow breaking news out of vallejo. an earlier three-alarm fire, streets are still blocked off in the 200 area of the el camino real. we'll have the latest on that and injuries in just a few minutes. looking like another hot day around the bay area. how hot will these temperatures get? 94 yesterday, today 93 in san jose. should be about 89 degrees in oakland. we'll see some triple digits, too. more on that coming up. look at the power of a typhoon on okinawa. this is video from a u.s. military base on saturday. you can see the strong winds moving dumpsters across a parking lot. some cars were also turned over in this and the typhoon had

maximum sustained winds of more than 100 miles an hour. that's the equivalent of a category 3 hurricane by the way. at least 50 people were injured. >> did you see that car just streaming across there? >> i know! one of the hottest fashion brands in the world is about to open its first store here on the west coast in san francisco's union square. crews are working around the clock to get ready for the grand opening coming up in three days. you may have already seen the advertising for unique low. it's a chain that started in japan. >> we are a brand that's designed for everyone. you should be able to find something for everyone. >> uniqlo wanted to open in the bay area because it's the hotbed of innovation technology and creativity. take a look. can't wait to see some of the fashions coming out of that. >> we'll see. union square three days. the blue angels, the navy's

precision flight demonstration team will make their way to the bay area tonight. >> they are always fun. the blue angels scheduled to perform for the fleet week airshow saturday and sunday due to arrive at sfo about 6:15 tonight. practice racing on the water set to begin at 4:00 this afternoon for the america's cup world series yacht race. the actual competition is set for thursday through sunday. the america's cup village set up at the little marina green on marina boulevard in san francisco. so you better do a little walking this weekend. >> no kidding. >> it's going to be crowded everywhere. in the next half hour, first duchess kate now prince william. the latest twist in the royal nude photo scandal. >> plus their wildest dreams coming through. the as clinch the big play-off spot for the first time in six years. the unlikely road to victory coming up. >> reporter: we're live in vallejo where a house fire damages half of the house. i just spoke with the people

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